On this day in 2013 Emmanuel Frimpong joined Fulham on loan. However he played only 90 games of football in his professional career. After a number of...
On this day in 2017 Gedion Zelalem, for a long time predicted to be one of the young players who would come through Arsenal’s ranks and do extremely w...
On this day in 2005, Jermain Pennant crashed his car, and gave the police his name as Ashley Cole. His final club was Billericay Town in 2017. Then in...
After joining Arsenal from Luton town in 1997 Matthew Upson played 35 times for Arsenal, and made loan spells to Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and...
Sven Mislintat joined Arsenal in November 2017 with the brief of developing the way Arsenal worked in the transfer market, and during his 14 month ten...
Anders Limpar played 399 senior games as a professional, but never exceeded the 96 games he played for Arsenal. His last appearances came in 1999/2000...
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Herbert Chapman in 1878. We have of course got multiple articles about Chapman on this site, and so rather th...
On this day in 2013 Theo Walcott signed a new long term contract as his star continued to rise in Arsenal colours. And although he had some brilliant ...
If anyone can piece together an accurate story of Lassana Diarra’s life to date it would make fascinating reading for having signed for Arsenal from C...
On this day in 2010 Sol Campbell rejoined Arsenal for the final time. Nine years later he took up the reigns in his current job as manager of Southend...
The Top Strikers in Arsenal History Established over a century ago in London, Arsenal has had quite the glorious history. One of the most successful c...
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On this day in 2016 Mo Elneny was signed from FC Basel. During the remainder of the season he twice won the fans’ player of the month award. Yet by th...
There are many players who simply never make it, despite early promise, and certainly Yaya Sanogo was one of these. Sanogo has earned caps with the un...
The infamous story of the Arsenal manager giving his team drugs to enhance their performance in 1925, is oft repeated in history books, but none that ...
We might be rather upset with referees in the current football climate but in 1996/7 there seemed to be an all-out assault on the club by match offici...
The unbeaten season was Arsenal’s season of all time, in my view. And one of the games nominated as the performance of the season occurred on this day...
In 29 April 2019 a number of newspapers announced that “For years, the founder of Arsenal FC was buried in an unmarked grave in Coventry,” but that no...
Jermaine Pennant joined Arsenal on this day in 1999, a stunning talent that was never fulfilled either with Arsenal or with any of the many other club...
What we tend to forget about the origins of Arsenal is that aside from Dial Square FC there was the Dial Square cricket club, which was much more well...
Everyone knows the name of Herbert Chapman, not least because he gave Arsenal its first trophies – two league titles and an FA Cup. He is the only man...
By Tony Attwood In the past it has often been suggested that Arsenal played a number of games as Dial Square FC before becoming Royal Arsenal FC. In f...
Please note that this site contains the master files of the anniversary details we hold. Each is updated at the end of each month – hence the December...
Please note that this site contains the master files of the anniversary details we hold. Each is updated at the end of each month – hence the December...
Unravelling Arsenal’s history often involves locating events which of themselves seem rather unimportant, but the existence of which can prove a key i...
Letting in five for the third time in a season would be more than enough to lead to mass demonstrations against the manager these days. Fortunately in...
Two goals stand out on 31 December in Arsenal’s history. One was Jensen’s first ever goal for Arsenal, his failure to score before this becoming the s...
This day in 1995 was probably a key moment in which it was decided by Arsenal directors that Bruce Rioch was not the man to take the club forward. It ...
This day in 1973 marked one of the darkest days in terms of Arsenal’s management and decision making, as Bertie Mee, the man who had delivered the fir...
These days, playing two games a week (as clubs playing in Europe, the League, the League Cup and the FA Cup regularly do) means having a squad of 25 p...
The notion of scoring five or more goals, in nine different league games in a season seems very unlikely now, but that is what Arsenal did in the 1930...
The popularity of Boxing Day matches in recent years means that key events in our three Wenger championship years happened on this day – and there was...
Football matches on Christmas Day were exceedingly popular until around 1950 by which time supporters were starting to feel more inclined to stay at h...
